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D. H. WOLFE. Gate.

N0.228,966. Patented.lune15.l880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. Wonne, OF VNODAWAY TOWNSHIP, PAGE'OOUNTY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF ms RIGHT T0 N. L. VAN SANDE, OF OLA'RINDA, IOWA.

GATE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 228,966, dated J'1me 15, 1880.

' Application filed June so, 1879.

T0 all whom 'it mag concem:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. WOLFE, of the township of Nodaway, connty of Page, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of whioh the following is a specifieation.

My invention eonsists of a orane formed of one horizontal bar extending from the upper hinge in the gate-post to a httle more than half the length of the gate and another bar extending diagonahy from the lower hinge in the gate-post to near the onter end of the firstnan1ed bar, where the two are securely fast:- ened together, so that the onter end of the crane n1ay be firr:nly supported. Upon the onter end of the erane is placed a short crossbar, upon which is plaoed a roher.

The gate-posts ab rear end of the gate are conneeted by a short cross-bar near the lower hinge in the post. Upon this eross bar is placed a roher, whioh tnrns on a pivot in the cross-bar. 'lhe gate being placed upon these rohers with one of the upper bars resting 011 the roher at the outer end of the erane and one of the 1ower bars resting on the roher in the cross-bar between the posts ab rear end of the gate renders in nnneoessary 150 lift or earry it when opening or elosingita. The gate being entirely snpported upon the rohers and the crane attaehed 110 the post by hinges, it may be ran back to admit persons to pass throngh, or may be swnng open its entire width.

Fignre 1 in the aceompanying drawings represents the gate elosed, and shows the erane with t-he roher on its outer end, and also the roher on the cross-bar between the posts ab rear end 'of the gate. Fig. 2 represents the orme as attaohed by hinges to the gate-post, and also shows the rohers upon whieh the gate is supported. Fig. 3 shows ehe short oross-bar on outer end of the orane, with the roher fixedupon it for snpport of the gate.

A A are the bars of the gate; B B, the uprights. 0 0 0 are the gate-pos'ts. D D are the tw0 bars of the crane; H H, the hinges 5 by whieh it is attached t0 one of the posts.

E is the cross-bar between the posts ab the rear end of the gate. F F are the rohers upon which the gate rests and is supported.

The object of my invention is 130 give support to the end of the gate in the operation of opening and closing its, so that it shah not be neeessary to hfl: or oarry 1she end of the gate when opening or o1osing it, whether ithe bu1: partly opened or swung open its entire width.

T0 aecomplish this objeot I place the two posts 0 C an the rearendof thegatefar enough apart to ahow the gate t0 s1ide freely between them, and oonneo these posts by a short eross-bar, E, and npon the center 0f this orossbar the roher F, whioh turns 011 a pivol; in the eross-bar. Then I fasten the bars of the crane t0 the post 0 by the hinges H H, and upon the smah cross-bar I p]aee the roher F at lahe onter end of the erane. Then plaein g the gate with one of its lower bars ab the rear end resting on the roher F, and one of its upper bars near the n1iddle resting on the roher F, it is held firmly in place, and may be rnn backward or forward, or swung open or shnt With- 0u1: lifting 01 oarrying Ehe end 0f the gate.

Having thus fully deseribed my invention, I olaim 'lhe combination, with a gate, of the crane D D with its outer end provided with a pulley or sheave wheel, F, Ehe posts O O, dis posed one in a plane just in rear 0f the other, and having a cross-bar, E, with one end or side secnred against the rear side of one post, while its daher side is seonred ag'ainst; the front side of the other post, and swiveled pul- 1ey or sheave whee1 F, supported in the bar E, as shown and deseribed.

DAVID H. WOLFE.

Wionesses:

J. M. BRIGGS, R. LORANZ. 

